Sam Mayer

Sam Mayer is from Houston. Full length works include POOLBOY00 (Museum of Human Achievement; Beaubourg; Co-Lab Projects; UT Austin), THE CUCK (Intramural Theater), and CHET'S SUMMER VACATION (Kennedy Center; Intramural Theater; Rec Room Arts). His work has been developed with The Museum of Human Achievement, The Orchard Project, The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, The Workshop Theater, The Mastheads, and SPACE on Ryder Farm. He is the recipient of the Chesley/Bumbalo Foundation Prize. MFA: Michener Center for Writers.

Sam Mayer is from Houston. Full length works include POOLBOY00 (Museum of Human Achievement; Beaubourg; Co-Lab Projects; UT Austin), THE CUCK (Intramural Theater), and CHET'S SUMMER VACATION (Kennedy Center; Intramural Theater; Rec Room Arts). His work has been developed with The Museum of Human Achievement, The Orchard Project, The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, The Workshop Theater, The Mastheads, and SPACE on Ryder Farm. He is the recipient of the Chesley/Bumbalo Foundation Prize. MFA: Michener Center for Writers.

Scripts

Boy's Club

by Sam Mayer

1
Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
political,
tragedy

The worlds number 4 ranked Counter Strike player and his step father spend the weekend alone together.

The worlds number 4 ranked Counter Strike player and his step father spend the weekend alone together.

The Cuck

by Sam Mayer

1
Cast Size
10—11
Genre
adaptation,
comedy,
dark comedy,
satire

The Cuck is Euripedes Electra, but about partying, class, and privilege. In this modern retelling, Electra and her brother Orestes, deprived of their royal birthright, plot deadly revenge against their mother and stepfather to reclaim what’s rightfully theirs while the Argos Music Festival is underway.

The Cuck is Euripedes Electra, but about partying, class, and privilege. In this modern retelling, Electra and her brother Orestes, deprived of their royal birthright, plot deadly revenge against their mother and stepfather to reclaim what’s rightfully theirs while the Argos Music Festival is underway.

The Tent (Pop 3)

by Sam Mayer

Cast Size
10
Genre
dark comedy,
docudrama/historic,
experimental,
immersive,
pageant,
political

reality tv, pop music, and amateur porn collide in this mashup about how the muck of culture is equal parts sexy and stupid

reality tv, pop music, and amateur porn collide in this mashup about how the muck of culture is equal parts sexy and stupid

Chet's Summer Vacation

by Sam Mayer

Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
horror,
romantic comedy

A boy falls in love with his air conditioning unit during the hottest summer on record.

A boy falls in love with his air conditioning unit during the hottest summer on record.

Bert on Fire

by Sam Mayer

Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
melodrama,
romantic comedy,
tragedy

Bert is a nerd. Shelley is a bad girl. What could go wrong? One act.

Bert is a nerd. Shelley is a bad girl. What could go wrong? One act.

Spa Play!

by Sam Mayer

Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
melodrama

Three girlies go to a spa for a girls weekend and smoke some magic weed. or is it magic? or are they trying to hook up with boys? One act.

Three girlies go to a spa for a girls weekend and smoke some magic weed. or is it magic? or are they trying to hook up with boys? One act.